Budget is $100ish with some wiggle room. I mostly listen to electronic music when doing these activities, especially hard dance in general (hardcore/hardstyle primarily) and to a lesser degree techno so looking for something that makes those genres sound good. Can be earbuds or IEMs, main...

Main kind of music I listen to is various kinds of rock/black metal. Looking for something that gives distorted electric guitar an "edge" especially and tolerates rough production jobs (black metal recordings for instance) while still having some bass. But most important is that the distorted...

Primary purpose is to use with my Switch while in handheld mode. Needs to be comfortable to wear for extended periods of time (like in my bed right before I nod off). Budget of around $100. Music wise, ideally something that makes rock/punk/black metal shine as those the genres I listen to the most.

Will primarily be using them for rock and metal. The guitar having enough "edge" is super important to me, some high end over-ear HPs have disappointed me in this area in the past. Basically I need really lively treble.

This is purely for use in my car and for air travel. Basically I want enough noise cancelling that I don't have to up the volume significantly when driving but not so much that I'm totally oblivious to the outside world. I won't be listening to music at all so that's not a factor, only...

I've had this happen a few times now, the power flickers on/off and my amp turns itself on/off multiples in quick succession- not good! What do I need to have it stay off (and the PC as well for that matter - they're both plugged into the same surge protector strip)

I mostly listen to black metal (and some thrash/black) - soundwise I'd want something like the HE-6 in terms of where it is on the light/dark spectrum. It has to be earbuds though not IEMs because I need to be able to hear people around me at work (that's all this is for). Either that or some...

There's a specific sound that one of my headphones gives to distorted electric guitars that I really like, but I have had difficulty identifying it by messing around with EQ. Any suggestions? I'd like to pump the frequency once I figure it out in my other headphones.

These were my first semi-pricey HPs, and though I now own some much more expensive pairs I still love coming back to these. I just really dig their sound signature, especially with different kinds of rock. It brings out certain textures that I miss when I am listening to something else. From my...

This won't work right? Or will sound terrible?

I have been getting into punk a lot lately and find that I miss some of the edge that my old Sennheiser HD595s had with rock music before I started really getting into high end audio. I've doing some AB-ing between it and my current stable (LCD2 rev2s, LCD2f, LCD3f, HE-6) and though obviously...

Ok so for the past few weeks I've noticed that on my main speaker amp (that I use for headphones) the right channel was slightly louder and was actually about to send it to be repaired when I started to notice it on my Schiit Lyr as well. I think I may have noticed it on the speaker amp first...

I wasn't sure where to put this really so I'm putting it here. By all means if it belongs somewhere else please feel free to move.   I have a lot of CDs strewn all over the place (hundreds) and I really need to start taking care of them as I am finding that some of my rarer albums are now...

Anyone else a fan of this series? I bought the 2nd one recently and am really digging it. Already a TON of great custom skins out.   For anyone not familiar with this game, it's a rhythm game that generates a "race track" according to an audio file that you give it, you then ride down in step...

Ok so I'm using a speaker amp with my headphones, and even with the preamp volume all the way down the volume is still fairly high on the higher efficiency pair (not high enough for enjoyable listening but very audible). Is there a way I can mute everything completely when I'm switching out HPs...

So my setup is PC > Gungnir > Schiit SYS > F1J > HE-6/LCD-2/3. I don't know what's going on but the positional audio is way off. Like all over the place. It happens in multiple games, and is most noticeable in shooters like CS:GO or Arma 3. I never had these issues with my cheap Senn HD595s...

I recently wrote the maker of a power amp I bought for advice on what pre-amp he would suggest for the power amp, and he told me to shoot for "a source with a balanced output that can drive a 10 Kohm impedance". I'm new to hifi --- but I thought that the "source" would be the DAC or my PC with...

I'm getting popping noises with my new DAC and it seems from looking around a bit that the USB connection from PC to DAC is likely the culprit. What would be my best option as an alternative to USB?:   DAC specs:   http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/NFB732/NFB7.32EN.htm   Motherboard specs...

So I just got an Audio-gd NFB7 in the mail and I'm having some strange issues with it. My system is PC>NFB7>Master 10>HE-6 or LCD-3.    When I first set up the NFB7 there was no issue, but as soon as I set it as the default audio device in Windows XP the problem started.    Basically what...

It has to be earbuds too, this is for work so I need something that doesn't block outside sound. Budget is $200 with a bit of wiggle room.

I love this song and have been using a lot lately to test out different gear (fantastic bass) -- unfortunately I can't get into a lot of Kyuss' stuff because I really dislike the vocalist's style of singing (it's fine on this on this track since he doesn't do that James Hetfield-ish kind of...

I'm buying a new gaming PC soon and was thinking, since I've got an amp and DAC that I play everything through (using FLAC files on the PC as the source), there's no reason for me not to get the absolutely cheapest sound card available for the motherboard I have in mind right?

Should I be turning off the amp first and then unplugging my HPs or unplug them first?   Gear is:   PC > Gungnir DAC > Lyr    >  LCD 2 PC > Gungnir DAC > EF-6  >  HE-6

So my computer is ancient -- I'm upgrading shortly, but suffice to say that if I try to do too much at once while running foobar it will occasionally "jolt" for a split second with the sound cutting out (lack of RAM I suspect). When it does this the amp "clicks" and then the sound comes back on...

If I have this setup, my PC is being bypassed completely correct, even if I'm playing CDs from the diskreader? (through foobar)   PC>DAC>Amp>Headphones